{
  "id": 9314881,
  "title": "I automated my 3,163-song music library with Spotify's API. Then Spotify killed the API.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/i-automated-my-3-163-song-music-library-with-spotifys-api-then",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T10:31:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/shaarkymoo/i-automated-my-3163-song-music-library-with-spotifys-api-then-spotify-killed-the-api-34n7"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "When the author first learned to code, they created Apollo, a desktop music player that downloaded songs and displayed their lyrics. Over time, the author amassed 3,163 MP3s and developed an intricate system of scripts that downloaded music, embedded lyrics, identified duplicates, and automatically organized songs based on Spotify's audio analysis. However, Spotify later deprecated the very API that powered this system, rendering the author's automated library useless.",
  "summary": "Context When I was first learning to code, I built Apollo — a desktop music player that could download songs and show you their lyrics. It worked, and I kept it. But the real project turned out to be the library around it: over the years I accumulated 3,163 mp3s, and my folder of one-off scripts grew into a small ecosystem that downloaded music, embedded lyrics, found duplicates, and eventually…",
  "key_points": [
    "Author created Apollo music player and automated library.",
    "Author amassed 3,163 MP3s using scripts.",
    "Spotify deprecated API, rendering automated library useless."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}